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| Vision Kashmir demands release of cash relief | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 27: Vision Kashmir an organization of over aged relief holders expressed serious concerns about the financial crisis of relief holders emerging out of the outbreak of COVID19 and complete lockdown.
A release of the organization said that due to complete lockdown nearly 20563 families and 68088 souls of relief holders were already living a miserable life and now due to the pandemic their financial worries added more miseries to them. Over aged relief holders who are above fifty years of age, and completely dependent on cash assistance have been hit hard on the economic front and are now heading towards serious implications viz-a-viz essential daily needs, routine medicines, escalating prices of vegetables and eatables due to pandemic lockdown and are facing the scarcity of food grains also apart from perennial debits, leading to physical and psychological stress among them.
Over aged relief holders said on the one hand govt shows sympathy towards while on the other hand they are made to suffer in present crisis. In an appeal to LT Governor and Secretary Relief, Revenue and Reconstruction urged to release cash assistance for the months March and April 2020 or provide ex Garcia amount of Rs 5000 to each family so that they be in a position to meet emergency expenses and ration for the month of April 2020 may be released on ration slips of the year 2019 as lockdown due to covid 19 is going to continue till mid of April. |
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